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After signing four-year multimedia deals with Sky Sports and Eurosport in recent weeks, Major League Soccer "is eyeing additional deals around the globe, including in Latin and South America, Africa, and Asia," according to Ian Thomas of SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL. MLS Business Ventures President/Managi...

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The New South Wales government will invest A$10M ($9.3M) toward the staging of The Championships in '15, according to Brendan Cormick of THE AUSTRALIAN. NSW Premier Mike Baird, Racing Minister Troy Grant and Racing NSW Chair John Messara announced on Thursday that "the government would be renewing i ...

More than 170,000 seats were "left empty during Arsenal's home games last season, according to startling new figures which cast serious doubt on the Premier League's boast of record occupancy on the eve of the new campaign," according to Ben Rumsby of the London TELEGRAPH. Attendance for matches at ...

The allotment of pool weekends along with the "dates, kick-off times and television coverage for the opening rounds of the inaugural European Rugby Champions Cup will be belatedly announced" on Thursday, according to Gerry Thornley of the IRISH TIMES. That the "tardy announcement will only unve ...

The FA has so far "sold just 10,000 tickets for the friendly against Norway at Wembley" on Sept. 3, according to Tom Sheen of the London INDEPENDENT. For England's "first friendly since a disastrous World Cup campaign in Brazil," the FA has a "long way to go if they are to avoid setting a record low ...

Organizers of the "Tag des Handballs" ("Day of Handball") have already sold 37,000 tickets for the match between Handball Bundesliga (HBL) sides Rhein-Neckar Lions and HSV Hamburg at the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt on Sept. 6, according to the KURIER. The game will set a new attendance world reco ...

Twickenham has "been selected to host the final of the inaugural European Rugby Champions' Cup, the tournament which replaces the Heineken Cup, next May," according to Gavin Mairs of the London TELEGRAPH. The London venue is "understood to have been preferred to the Stade de France in Paris to host ...

Owing to the outbreak of the epidemic Ebola Virus Disease, organizers of the annual Milo Basketball championship in Lagos, Nigeria have put the tournament "on hold until further notice." The championship was scheduled to begin Tuesday, but organizers "have been forced to postpone it" ( NIGERIAN BUL ...

Formula E has completed two full-event simulations as the world’s first all-electric single-seater championship gears up for its first race in Beijing on Sept. 13. Both events took place at Leicestershire’s Donington Park, where a temporary pitlane and pitboxes were assembled to mimic t ...

The FA has confirmed that it is "considering taking the Community Shield abroad," according to Kieran Gill of the London DAILY MAIL. The revelation comes after Arsenal beat Man City in the Community Shield final in front of 71,523 people at Wembley -- "almost 20,000 shy of capacity and nearly 40,000 ...

Pakistan "may have to wait another year before unveiling its own big-money franchise Twenty20 league." This weekend the Pakistan Cricket Board "was due to open financial bids from two parties" who want the rights to run the Pakistan Super League for the next 15 years. But the PCB "decided to delay t ...